The summer music season is in full swing, and this weekend’s attractions include odes to classic American blues and some Swedish pop stars.
Plus, if you haven’t visited a local farmers market yet, what are you waiting for?
Here are The Morning Call’s best bets for this weekend.
Blues festival returns to Bethlehem with star-spangled flair
The 15th annual Blast Furnace Blues Festival returns Friday and Saturday to the ArtsQuest Campus at SteelStacks — and this year, it’ll have a patriotic twist.
Blast Furnace Blues: Stars, Stripes & Steel will feature the sounds of one of America’s foundational music genres, along with food options from Mon & Mel’s Sweet Scoops Ice Cream Truck, Nick’s BBQ and more.
Friday night’s headliner, Jontavious Willis, is a Grammy-nominated blues artist blending Delta, Piedmont, Texas and Gospel blues. He gained national attention opening for Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ and winning the 2018 International Blues Challenge for his debut album, “Blue Metamorphosis.”
Powerhouse blues artist Larry McCray headlines Saturday’s lineup. Known for his soulful voice, fiery guitar work and deeply authentic storytelling, his latest album, “Heartbreak City,” was produced by Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith.
If you go: 5-11 p.m. Friday and 3-11 p.m. Saturday at SteelStacks in Bethlehem. For a complete lineup, go to artsquest.org/festivals/more-festivals-and-experiences/blast-furnace-blues. This event is free and open to all ages.
Check out a farmers market
What better way to celebrate the sights, sounds and tastes of summer than at a Lehigh Valley farmers market.
Visit one — or more! — of these weekend markets:
Coopersburg Farmers Market: 5 N. Main St. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday
Bethlehem Rose Garden: Eighth Avenue and West Union Boulevard. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday
Easton Farmers Market: Scott Park, 128 Larry Holmes Drive. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday
Emmaus Farmers Market: Triangle Park (Fourth and Main streets). 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday
Nazareth Farmers Market: Nazareth Circle, Main and Center streets. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday
Saucon Valley Farmers Market: Next to the Hellertown Library, 409 Constitution Ave. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday
Trexlertown Farmers Market: Valley Preferred Cycling Center, 1151 Mosser Road, Breinigsville. 9 a.m.-noon Saturday
Sofia Silantyeva and Hannah Poulos visit the rose gardens Saturday, June 13, 2026, at the 2026 Rose Fest in Bethlehem’s Rose Garden Park. The festival, which was celebrating the garden’s 96th anniversary, featured more than 500 roses and perennials in bloom, a farmers market, old-fashioned spinning, garden tours, food, storytelling, clowns, puppets and puppet making, family games, nature crafts, music and dancing. (Avery Folmar/The Morning Call)
ABBA’s hits come to Allentown
What do you get when you combine the music of ABBA with the talented musicians of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra? A rockin’ good time.
Jeans ‘n Classics vocalists Katalin Kiss, Andrea Koziol, Stephanie Martin and Kathryn Rose will sing the supergroup’s hits backed by the symphony, conducted by John Devlin. “Dancing Queen” is part of the orchestra’s Pops series.
If you go: Allentown Symphony performs in Miller Symphony Hall, 23 N. Sixth St. in Allentown. Shows are 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $30-$81; go to millersymphonyhall.org.
Allentown Symphony will perform the hits of ABBA on Saturday, July 18, 2026. (Marco Calderon)
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